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  • Registered: 2009-07-16
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Topic: NetBSD with other BSD on same computer

Hello,

Has anyone tried to install more than one flavor of BSD on a same HD ?
Have you encountred problems?
Thanks,

ahlsner

  • From: France
  • Registered: 2009-07-16
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Re: NetBSD with other BSD on same computer

Synthesis

Hi all,

I've tried to install successfully  "NetBSD 3.1", but my DesktopBSD is broken, does not start.
With NetBSD 4 or 5, sysinst halts because there are two "/" for it.
With NetBSD 3.1, the installation is complete (creating partition and disklabel), but sysinst brokes FreeBSD (I haven't tried for OpenBSD)
There a big problem for install NetBSD when OpenBSD, or FreeBSD is present
Please, return experiences.
Thanks,

ahlsner

  • From: Pittsburgh, Pa
  • Registered: 2005-07-27
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Re: NetBSD with other BSD on same computer

I've read this a few times and I'm not really understanding. NetBSD and FreeBSD ufs implementations are a bit different so how is it seeing two /? Does you disk have only one partition or multiple? Can you post fdisk output?

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  • From: France
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Re: NetBSD with other BSD on same computer

Hello RoddieRod,

Thanks for answer.
On a PC, I've three primary partitions :
-ext3 very small
-DesktopBSD (FreeBSD) : now HS, after install NetBSD 3.1
-NetBSD 3.1,

On an other PC, I had an OpenBSD partion
For install NetBSD 5.0, I've deleted OpenBSD), because sysinst  cannot NetBSD 5.0/4.0 : it sees two / :
-/ of OpenBSD
-/ of NetBSD, and in the disklabel I can't create all partitions in this slice


In the PC with DesktopBSD, NetBSD 5.0/4.0 do not can install, always two /
In this same computer, NetBSD 3.1 is installed OK, with all mounting partitons points, but now DesktopBSD is broken. I see also two /, but the installation does not abort, and DesktopBSD does not boot.

ahlsner

Last edited by ahlsner (2009-07-25 09:40:20)

  • From: France
  • Registered: 2009-07-16
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Re: NetBSD with other BSD on same computer

RoddieRod,

The last time, I've forgot forgot fdisk.
(Sumary)

fdisk|less :

BIOS DISK GEOM C:1023  H:255  s/t 63 (16065 s/c)
Partition Table

0:Linux native (sysid :131)
1:NetBSD  (sysid :169), active
2:FreeBSD or 386BSD or old NetBSD (sysid 165)
3:extended LBA

Thanks,

ahlsner

Last edited by ahlsner (2009-07-26 00:28:32)

  • From: Pittsburgh, Pa
  • Registered: 2005-07-27
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Re: NetBSD with other BSD on same computer

I don't know?? I could understand if the boot loader was getting confused maybe. But since you have different partitions I don't see how netbsd could get confused. Sorry.

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